MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 12Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 44.75,-91.46 Latitude: 44.75 Longitude: -91.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 190 SFC 986 304 9.1 8.1 93 1.0 8.5 120 5 283.4 284.5 282.3 302.3 6.86 2 950 617 12.0 10.4 90 1.6 11.1 169 13 289.4 290.8 286.4 313.0 8.38 3 900 1072 13.1 9.1 77 4.0 10.7 232 8 295.0 296.4 288.2 318.3 8.09 4 850 1552 10.7 5.5 70 5.3 7.8 311 8 297.4 298.6 287.8 317.0 6.67 5 800 2055 7.8 1.4 64 6.4 4.5 346 15 299.4 300.4 287.2 315.2 5.30 6 750 2584 4.0 0.1 76 3.9 2.1 342 20 300.9 301.9 287.6 316.4 5.15 7 700 3142 1.8 -6.5 54 8.3 -1.8 332 20 304.5 305.1 287.1 314.9 3.37 8 650 3737 -1.0 -10.6 48 9.6 -4.8 330 20 307.9 308.3 287.5 316.2 2.62 9 600 4371 -4.5 -13.3 50 8.8 -7.8 328 20 310.9 311.3 288.2 318.2 2.28 10 550 5052 -7.9 -23.5 27 15.6 -12.2 315 19 314.7 314.9 288.2 318.2 1.04 11 500 5786 -11.8 -33.4 15 21.5 -16.3 307 23 318.6 318.7 288.8 320.2 0.46 12 450 6585 -16.5 -40.5 11 24.0 -20.3 307 31 322.5 322.5 289.8 323.4 0.25 13 400 7460 -22.5 -44.6 11 22.1 -25.3 315 36 325.7 325.7 290.7 326.4 0.18 14 350 8426 -29.7 -43.4 25 13.7 -31.2 312 43 328.7 328.7 291.6 329.6 0.24 15 300 9506 -37.9 -39.5 85 1.6 -38.0 311 48 332.0 332.1 292.7 333.6 0.41 16 250 10733 -48.3 -48.4 99 0.1 -48.3 314 49 334.2 334.2 293.0 335.0 0.19 17 200 12163 -58.9 -60.1 85 1.3 -58.9 316 51 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.8 0.06 18 150 13981 -57.3 -78.9 5 21.7 -57.5 322 49 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.5 0.01 19 100 16522 -60.1 -84.6 3 24.5 -60.4 337 28 411.6 411.6 306.7 411.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5596.36 m Freezing level: 667.69 mb = 3526.30 m = 11569.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 723.23 mb = 2877.74 m = 9441.29 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.39 % Est. max temperature: 23.63 C = 74.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.83 mb = 436.34 m = 1431.56 ft T: 10.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.16 C/km ThetaE index: 3.10 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 986.30 mb = 304.38 m = 998.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.25 C = 50.46 F Cap Strength: 7.07 C Lifted Index: 8.47 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.36 C Showalter Index: 6.25 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.90 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.58 C Cross Totals Index: 17.32 C K Index: 19.81 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 104.15 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.74 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 45.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11158.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.20 mb = 1061.20 m = 3481.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 320.8 at 17.6 knts Storm direction: 350.8 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.9 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 145.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 112.3 neg: -7.3 tot: 105.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.48 Bulk Shear: 95.54 m/s